ebbanja.

alina ebbanja.

mmanze) v. tr. ask for or demand payment of a debt, dun.

be asked to pay a debt. Tasasudde ensimbi ezimubanjibwa. He has not paid what he owes.

e- (li/ma) debt. Tetutunda bbanja. We do not sell on credit, okufuna ku bbanja, to buy (lit. get) on credit, okulya ebbanja, to incur a debt, okugwa ku bbanja, to fall into debt. cf. banja.

v. (debt), okubanja; lay c. to, okukaayanira.

v., okulagaana; (debt) okulya ebbanja.

okubowa, okukwata mbowe.

v., okugwa, okwetujja ekigwo; (err) okukyama; (rain) okutonnya. f. from hand, okusumattuka. f. backwards, okugalanjula, okugwa bugazi. f. off stalk, okudyebuka. f. in, okwegulukuka. f. into debt, okugwa mubbanja. f. one on another, okwetlnda. f. to pieces, okumogoka. f. apart, okubumbulukuka. f. off head (of load), okutikkuka. f. open, okuwenjuka. fall, n., ekigwo; (roof) okwesulika.

e- (n/n) object held as security for the payment of a debt. cf. bowa, -bowe.

e- (n/n) remains, remainder. Ensi- galira ebanjwa mugezi, (prov.) The remainder (of a debt) is (only) collected by a wise man. cf. si gal a.

cf. -(y)avu, yavuwala, omwavu.

ebbalirirwe, obubazi, akatabalika, ^einbala, embalirira, ^omubazi.

to involve oneself in obligations beyond one's capacity; to go into debt; to ‘bite off more than one can chew.'

seize (often, but not always, as surety for a debt), cf. -bowe, embowe, omuboyi.

king, etc.). eby'okulya, food, okulya obwami, to assume the chieftainship, kulya mu ndago, to sing, kulyamu luyi, to slap, kulyamu kikonde, to punch with the fist, kulya mazzi, euph. to drink a lot of beer, lit. water, kulyamu lukwe, to plot, conspire, kulya kijaja or kigagga, to eat very well/in great style, kulya muntu kimuli, to interrupt a person in bi? conversation. kulya nkoko bbiri, to give one's sister in marriage to two men (thereby receiving the gift of two chickens), kulya misinde, to run very fast, kulya butaaia, to roam at large, be on the loose (e.g., of an escaped prisoner), kulya bulamu, to enjoy life, have a good time, kulya eki- banja/emmayiro, to come into land/an estate, okulya ebbanja, to incur a debt, okulya obugenyi, to receive food or presents while a guest, okulya enguzi, to take a bribe, okulya engere, to walk fast, okulya ensimbi, to steal money, okulya ensowole, to take something (e.g., the chieftainship) when one is incompetent or unprepared. Genda olye enkoko yo. You have had a lucky escape/a narrow escape, lit. go and eat your chicken. Omuwala yamulyamu omwoyo. The girl won/stole his heart. Obusungu bwandya. I was consumed with anger. Mwana muwala, oyo andya omutwe! I am completely enamored of that girl, lit. she eats my head. Baagala kumulyamu maaso. They wanted to bawl him out/upbraid him severely. Okulya ennyingi si kuggwa maddu. (prov.) To eat a lot is not to get rid of one's appetite. The more you have, the more you want. Amaanyi sigalya. (prov.) Force does not prevail. Physical strength alone does not accomplish things. Ky'otonnalya tokyesunga. (prov.) What you have not yet eaten, do not anticipate. Don't count your chickens before they are hatched. Kye walyanga bw'olaba ennaku olekayo. (prov.) What you used to eat — when you experience hard times — you give up. One must adjust to circumstances/ calamaties.

v. tr. appl. 2. ask continually for payment of a debt. cf. ebbanja.

o- (mu/ba) one who holds or appropriates merchandise (esp. as surety for a bill or debt); one who confiscates, cf. bowa.

embuzi embowe, a goat held as security until payment of a debt. cf. bowa, embowe.

-etunda (-etunze) v.i. refl. sell oneself; practice prostitution; do everything one can to pay fa debt)/to buy (something); to expose oneself to danger. Kyetunda, ng'ow'ettulu asima enju. (prov.) It is exposing oneself to danger like a one-eyed (thief) who breaks into a house.

-eyitabya (-eyitabizza) v.i. & tr. caus. refl. answer without being called (by mistake or with intent). Akamwa akangu kaku- yitabya ow'ebbanja. (prov.) lit. A hasty mouth causes you to answer the call of (your) debtor (thereby obliging you to pay the debt).